The sun was barely making itself known when they discovered the unexpected, her head hurt simply at the discovery, but finding that man on the ground with a crow patiently waiting near him, for him? The crow had hints of someone else's chakra, and it was this that infuriated Sasuke, the anger was boiling near the surface she pitied the imbecile who angered him so (even though the crow was enough to tell her who it was). Sasuke's anger was almost tangible, but so was his confusion when within seconds of their arrival, the crow flew from the man faced down on the grown to him. In a way Karin thanked the gods for the switch (it would draw all their attention from the man, that couldn't be but somehow was who he was.)

The crow was loud and determined to get Sasuke's attention, though the determination was a little overboard in Karin's opinion, its mere presence gave it all Sasuke's attention. In the back of her mind Karin registered that this could not possibly be good, but at the forefront was the man on the ground, and it was this that led to her ignore the fact that Sasuke would walk into anything if it involved his brother. "You know it's probably a trap? We can't just go following crows, if he is involved with the weird chakra Karin felt, we are fucked, we haven't stopped since Karin first felt it."

They must truly be drowning in ignorance if Suigetsu was the voice of reason, but somehow, she felt overwhelmed with information. There were so many questions going on in her head that, she didn't care that they were drowning. The impossibility of their current situation was making her question her sensor abilities (her sanity too), Karin felt herself forgetting how to breathe and as she struggled the only thing on her mind was now what? Was she supposed to let Sasuke know? Stay quiet and question the man on the ground? Feign ignorance? Distracted by her own thoughts she did not notice when Sasuke left, but how could she when she felt him so close?

Once she finally noticed Sasuke's absence it was easier to gather her thoughts, "Suigetsu go with Sasuke and take Juugo. I'll stay with this guy, find out what I can then catch up." To her surprise they both followed her directions, once she sensed their chakra a good distance away, she got to work on the Sasuke on the ground. From what she could tell this older Sasuke was just suffering from chakra deprivation, he was likely the cause for the ripples in the air. A time ripple? A rip? The air felt normal to her, the echoes that had brought them here had slowly stopped, and by the time they reached the man on the ground (because she couldn't yet call him by his name) they could no longer be felt, instead they were following the direction they seemed to have come from, unknowingly stumbling into something more complex. As she adjusted the man on the ground to bite into her, her thoughts once more went wild, she wondered is staying behind was indeed the better choice, should she have tried to catch up to him and let him know. What is even the protocol for such a situation? Hey this is you, you have the same exact chakra just really small differences that tend to happen to chakra with age.

Considering all that happened in less than ten minutes, she was well aware that he would not have listened. The crow had wanted Sasuke's attention, and fuck if it hadn't gotten his attention immediately. He had been angry, worried even, the chakra that the crow was infused with, had been different, it was soft, warm, and bright. Shaking herself out of her stupor she decided to focus on the problem at hand. Once she began to feel dizzy she freed herself, she knew it wasn't enough but she could not help him further.

It was two hours alone with the man on the ground when he began to stir, "I know you are awake." She saw him look at his surroundings, but not sparing her even a glance, some things never change.

"Karin what are you doing here."

Slightly offended by his tone responded. "a better question is, what are you doing here? You don't belong here." It was at her words that he finally looked at her, truly looked at her, his one visible eye widened. "So, tell me Sasuke-kun, what are you doing here?"

There was a moment of silence, in which he stood up and walked around aimlessly in the area, she assumed he was gathering his thoughts. "To be perfectly honest I'm not sure what I am doing here, or how. When I was…traveling here, I sensed my…" there was clear hesitation to reveal too much, but also a search for the correct word, before finally settling, "one of my companion's chakra. It was that presence that I clung to as I travelled. Was there a woman here when you arrived?"

There was hope in his voice, and she didn't want to be the one to shatter it, but she did not hesitate to answer. "No, however there was a crow infused with chakra, I think it was waiting for you."

"Where is the crow now?" He was trying to disguise the desperation in his voice, but even he knew he failing. "Karin, where is the crow?!" This time he did not bother to try and maintain calm.

"You followed the crow, once we arrived! Well not you but the younger you, I don't think it was given instructions besides "bring Sasuke here," so all it did was pick the one that could walk. "

Sasuke was positive the chakra he saw as he went down was Sakura's, a crow was waiting for him to wake up, it was one of Itachi's crows, he was thinking of Itachi when he accidentally sent them away. Had his desire to protect them been so much that he sent them through time? He didn't have time to ponder that as he recalled the most important aspect of what she said, he went after them, the teenager he once was is currently chasing a crow probably leading directly to Sakura and Sarada, and he was still pretty low on chakra. "Do you know what direction they went?"

"Yes, but they left two hours ago," pointing in the direction they went she added, "you won't be able to catch up to them."

A/N: sorry it took so long for such a small update, especially since its just a filler. I don't know when I will update next, I like writing when I am alone, and I have privacy and I don't have that in the slightest at the moment. Karin is out of character cause I can't write her in the slightest, but I hope I gave enough reasons for a calmer Karin, given her situation, anyway thank you guys for reading